Panel discussion moderated by Matt Branch, MA’21. Panelists: Keonna Hendrick, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Brooklyn Museum Lauren Zelaya, Director of Public Programs at Brooklyn Museum

Support for writing projects can feel scarce, but a strong grant proposal can open new opportunities, expanding your creative practice in the process. Join What Cheer Writers Club for Grantwriting for Writers, a conversation with Assets for Artists’ Molly Rideout online Thurs, March 4 at 7pm. Learn how to think innovatively about funding opportunities, place […]

Drawn from the Center for Public Humanities’ deep pool of alumni, the panelists in this new Zoom series represent a cross-section of our eclectic field. Join us in conversation over three virtual sessions to connect, ask questions, and prepare for next steps. The 3rd panel discussion in the series will focus on Higher Education and Research […]

Join Denise, Amy and the rest of the PCL readers to discuss H IS FOR HAWK by Helen Macdonald on Monday, March 8th at 6PM! About this Event Hosted virtually by Wanskuck Library this month, we can’t wait to chat about this critically acclaimed, genre-defying book about Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one […]

Join the New England Museum Association for New England Museum Week, March 8 - 12, 2021. National politics get a lot of attention, but  state and local government make a huge difference in our daily lives and communities. Celebrate how your organization supports the civic life of your state, reach out to your legislators, and raise […]

"A Public Art Perspective" - Talk by Divya Rao Heffley Divya Rao Heffley is the Associate Director for the Office of Public Art, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Talk description is coming soon.

Join The Snowtown Project collective to hear the first research team update on this lost 19th-century mixed-race Providence neighborhood. Snowtown was a small, mixed-race neighborhood in mid-1800s Providence. It was the site of a racially motivated mob attack in the fall of 1831, but it was also home. It began as a kind of refuge […]

In the fall semester, students from AFRI0840: Monuments, History, and Memory completed projects that required them to intervene in a monument, rethink monumental space, or create a new monument. Four students from the course will present their work. Avery Oliver created "We Dream a World," an intervention into the Sailors and Soldiers Monument in Providence. Noah Howard […]

"Navigating the Crisis: A View from the Paul Revere House" - Talk by Nina Zannieri Nina Zannieri is the Executive Director, Paul Revere Association. Talk description is coming soon.

“Can Buildings Improve Local Ecologies?” - Talk by Lara Davis, Architect. Talk description and Zoom link are coming soon.

Join RISD Museum colleagues, Mariani Lefas-Tetenes, Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs, and Deborah Clemons, Assistant Director, Public and Academic Programs, as they reflect on creating digital spaces for learning and sharing with a range of adult and K-12 audiences.

"Hauntings, Refusals, and Fugitive Moments: Black Life and Everyday Disruptions of Slavery and Empire in Cuba" - Keynote Lecture with Professor Aisha Finch Atlantic history has been characterized by relentless rebellions, uprisings, and challenges to racial slavery exploited and coerced labor, and colonial rule. The subversion of work in slavery-based and colonial contexts ranged from […]

Dr. Michael Sawyer, Assistant Professor in the Program in Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Studies at Colorado College, will give a talk entitled “The Threshold of the Door of (No) Return”. Dr. Sawyer is the author of two books, An Africana Philosophy of Temporality: Homo Liminalis and Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X. The talk will […]

High school students from seven Rhode Island schools will perform during the virtual 16th annual Poetry Out Loud Rhode Island state finals on Sunday, March 21, at 1 p.m., presented via Facebook live . Seven schools submitted videos to the Rhode Island state finals this year. During the Facebook live event on March 21, attendees will […]

Why should everyone care that some communities are not active participants in our civic society? Recent tests to our country’s democratic processes remind us of the fragility of our system. For democracy to thrive it needs an educated electorate and systems that allow for full and fair participation by everyone.  Join Lippitt House Museum and […]

“The Endowed Authority of Indigenous Curation” Jim Enote is a Zuni tribal member, CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation, and serves on the boards of the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Grand Canyon Trust. Jim’s service the past forty years includes assignments for organizations including UNESCO, UNDP, International Secretariat for Water, Nordic Council of […]

This special fundraising event features a talk and reading from Dr. Michael Fine and is hosted by Former Mayor of Central Falls and Senior Advisor of the Brown University Policy Lab, James Diossa. Special guests include Julien Ayotte, Shoshana Feinstein, Val Tutson, and Erminio Pinque. Special Guests Val Tutson, Creative Director of Rhode Island Black […]

ECAS Theater offers a streaming opportunity to see artists based in many different countries all come together to represent drama, laughter, dance; for three days of enjoyment. Thanks to our artists who join these presentations: Fara Madrigal (Cuba), Saulo García, (Miami), Patricia Munoz (Republica Dominicana), Alfonso Rey (New York), Carlos Martinez (Barcelona) and Carmen Terife […]

We understand how audio can influence the world around us, and we want to create a space that inspires more crucial voices to be involved.✨ Come to WAVs to share your work, be inspired by others, and learn how to take the next steps towards creating your own project. The future of podcasting is in […]

Be our guest as these remarkable women share their stories and the unique gifts they’ve used to touch and transform thousands of lives. Norma Jean Darden, groundbreaking fashion model, cookbook author, and food stylist caters to an A-list of Fortune 500 and celebrity clientele in her NYC restaurants. Rose Weaver, award-winning star of stage and […]

In this moment of deep crisis and social upheaval in our country, the time is ripe to look closer at the reality facing our most vulnerable citizens. More than half a million Americans are released from prison every year, and they join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. While […]

Please join us to hear Professor Deborah Thomas (University of Pennsylvania) speak about her current work and its implications for a decolonized anthropology. Prof. Thomas is a leading scholar of race, gender, and violence in the context of post-colonial state formation.  A specialist in the Caribbean region, Prof. Thomas’s work interrogates how new class economies, ideologies of belonging, […]

A virtual lecture and discussion with Cynthia Copeland, President of the Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village History about the decades-long work to interpret the historic African'American community displaced by Central Park, and how that effort may offer strategies for telling Snowtown's story here in Providence, RI. Free and open to the public, registration […]